Sheldon gary



GARY.

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S. PACKING BOX FOR BOTTLES.

Patented July 5, 1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SHELDON GARY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PACKING-BOX FOR BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Lettersfatent No. 243,756, dated July 5, 1881.

Application filed May 10, 1881.

To all whom "it may concern Be it known that I, SHELDON GARY, of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Packing- Boxes for Bottles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in packing-cases for bottles; and it consists in the combination of a bottomless packing-box, which is divided into cells or compartments, with supporting-wires, which are bent down into each cell, so as to form a support for the bottle.

The object of my invention is to form a packing box or case for bottles in which each bottle is supported upon one or more wires, so that the rack shall receive the whole weight and strain of the bottles, instead of allowing the bottles to rest solidly upon the bottom of the box, as has heretofore been the case.

Figure 1 is a plan View ofmy invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same.

A represents an ordinary rectangular box or frame, but which is here made bottomless instead of being provided with a bottom, as in the usual manner, for the bottles to rest upon. This box or frame is divided off by partitions D into cells or compartments, to receive the bottles in the usual manner, and those partitions which run lengthwise of the box are made to extend downward so as' to be flush with the bottom of the box, and thus help to support the weight of the bottles when the box is setting upon the floor or other support.

In order to support the bottles in their re spective cells or compartments, I form a sup- (No model.)

port for each one ofa wire or wires, 0, which catch over the tops of the racks, as shown. These wires will be bent so as to conform to the shape of the cell and the bottle, as shown, and may be made to run diagonally across the bottoms of the cells, across their centers, or in any other way that may be preferred. It will probably be found most preferable, in applying this wire, to run the same wire from cell to cell but should it. be so desired, each one of the wires may be made entirely separate and distinct, and be fastened either to the rack itself or to the inside of the box, as may be preferable. Either two wires passed across each other at the bottom of the cell may be used, or only a single one, as may be found most preferable. These wires form an elastic support for the bottles without bending them upward at the bottom; but should it be desired to make them still more elastic, the bottoms may be curved upward, as shown at I, and thus form a spring. In bending these supporting-wires into position they are preferably made much smaller below the crosspartitions H than they are above it, and by thus reducing the bends in the wires so as to make them just small enough at their lower portions to receive the bottom of the bottle they are made elastic enough for all ordinary purposes.

Having thus described my invention, I claim In a packing-box for bottles, the combina- Witnesses:

F. A. LEHMANN, WM. H. KERN. 

